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Mar 12, 1939 85 years old
Native American leader
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About Clarence Alexander
- Clarence Lee Alexander (born March 12, 1939) is a former Grand Chief of the Gwich'in of Alaska.
- He was 1st Chief of Fort Yukon from 1980-1994.
- He was raised at "Shoo Taii," the "Happy Hill," which is also known by the name "Alexander Village".
- Alexander Village is approximately 20 miles north of Fort Yukon.
- He co-authored the Gwich'in Dictionary with his wife, Virginia E.
- Alexander. He co-founded the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments with Paul Williams Sr., the former Chief of the Village of Beaver, Alaska [3].
- He is one of four co-founders of, and Chairman of, the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, a group of 70 First Nations and Tribal Governments spanning the Yukon River Watershed dedicated to "the protection and preservation of the Yukon River Watershed" [4].
- He is the former Chairman of the Gwichyaa Zhee Corporation, the local ANCSA village corporation.
- He founded Gwandak radio, KZPA 900 am, which broadcasts from Fort Yukon throughout the area known as the Yukon Flats.
